Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia
Is climate variability regressive? One argument could be as follows: People living in areas with high risk of climate hazards usually correspond to the most disadvantaged populations. Due to existing structural inequalities, they have limited opportunities to cope with climate hazards and often fall...
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| author | Pacillo, Grazia Cuong Nguyen Viet Hafianti, Silvi Abanokova, Kseniya Hai-Anh Dang Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando Läderach, Peter R.D. |
| author_browse | Abanokova, Kseniya Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando Cuong Nguyen Viet Hafianti, Silvi Hai-Anh Dang Läderach, Peter R.D. Pacillo, Grazia |
| author_facet | Pacillo, Grazia Cuong Nguyen Viet Hafianti, Silvi Abanokova, Kseniya Hai-Anh Dang Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando Läderach, Peter R.D. |
| author_sort | Pacillo, Grazia |
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| description | Is climate variability regressive?
One argument could be as
follows: People living in areas
with high risk of climate
hazards usually correspond
to the most disadvantaged
populations. Due to existing
structural inequalities, they
have limited opportunities to
cope with climate hazards and
often fall into a spiral of further
poverty and social exclusion.
In this paper, we investigate
whether climate variability
indeed has a regressive effect
in Vietnam and Indonesia
where both climate variability
and inequality have been
increasing. We directly analyse
the effect of annual and
seasonal temperature on
income and income inequality
across years. We do so by
looking at the Vietnamese
and Indonesian populations as
a whole and also investigating
more in-depth how these
impacts change for the most
vulnerable and marginalised
groups. Our results suggest that
climate variability increases
inequality and that its biggest
burden is bore by existing
vulnerable groups. In Indonesia,
these groups are rural, farming,
low educated, female headed
households, whose income
is significantly reduced
because of changes in climate
conditions. Similarly, in Vietnam,
ethnic minorities, rural, farming,
and agricultural households
bear the biggest impact of
climate variability. Interestingly,
some households in Vietnam
are able to completely offset
short-term impact of climate
variability, using remittances
and transfer as an insurance,
but our findings also show that
their coping strategy does not
withstand longer term impacts
of persistent climate variability. Despite the remarkable efforts
of the national governments
in supporting most vulnerable
and marginalised groups in the
Vietnamese and Indonesian
societies in the past decades,
specific interventions are
needed to address the needs
of those who are still bearing
the biggest burden of climate
impacts to finally allow even
the “last mile” groups to escape
poverty and exclusion. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1096652025-11-05T12:33:40Z Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia Pacillo, Grazia Cuong Nguyen Viet Hafianti, Silvi Abanokova, Kseniya Hai-Anh Dang Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando Läderach, Peter R.D. climate clima climate change cambio climatico analysis analisis Is climate variability regressive? One argument could be as follows: People living in areas with high risk of climate hazards usually correspond to the most disadvantaged populations. Due to existing structural inequalities, they have limited opportunities to cope with climate hazards and often fall into a spiral of further poverty and social exclusion. In this paper, we investigate whether climate variability indeed has a regressive effect in Vietnam and Indonesia where both climate variability and inequality have been increasing. We directly analyse the effect of annual and seasonal temperature on income and income inequality across years. We do so by looking at the Vietnamese and Indonesian populations as a whole and also investigating more in-depth how these impacts change for the most vulnerable and marginalised groups. Our results suggest that climate variability increases inequality and that its biggest burden is bore by existing vulnerable groups. In Indonesia, these groups are rural, farming, low educated, female headed households, whose income is significantly reduced because of changes in climate conditions. Similarly, in Vietnam, ethnic minorities, rural, farming, and agricultural households bear the biggest impact of climate variability. Interestingly, some households in Vietnam are able to completely offset short-term impact of climate variability, using remittances and transfer as an insurance, but our findings also show that their coping strategy does not withstand longer term impacts of persistent climate variability. Despite the remarkable efforts of the national governments in supporting most vulnerable and marginalised groups in the Vietnamese and Indonesian societies in the past decades, specific interventions are needed to address the needs of those who are still bearing the biggest burden of climate impacts to finally allow even the “last mile” groups to escape poverty and exclusion. 2020-09 2020-09-25T21:08:39Z 2020-09-25T21:08:39Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109665 en Open Access application/pdf Agence Française de Développement Pacillo, G.; Nguyen Viet, C.; Hafianti, S.; Abanokova, K.; Dang, H.; Achicanoy Estrella, H.A.; Läderach, P. (2020) Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia. AFD Research Paper 147. Paris: Agence Française de Développement |
| spellingShingle | climate clima climate change cambio climatico analysis analisis Pacillo, Grazia Cuong Nguyen Viet Hafianti, Silvi Abanokova, Kseniya Hai-Anh Dang Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando Läderach, Peter R.D. Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| title | Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| title_full | Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| title_short | Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| title_sort | who bears the burden of climate variability a comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in vietnam and indonesia |
| topic | climate clima climate change cambio climatico analysis analisis |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109665 |
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